Entering the Santander Department of Colombia: What Changes?
Colombia is the 2nd most bio-diverse country in Latin America. First is Brazil, which contains much of the rainforest and is enormous compared to Colombia.
When you travel here and go to different regions, you also see the diversity. From the people, the accent, the landscape, and most of all, the food. Most foreigners I meet complain about the food, but I love it.
Especially when each region has a spin on its version of Colombian food, I had the best arepa of my life two weeks ago on the street in Tunja: cheese with Bocadillo in the middle. I still think about that arepa.
Today, I am in the town where Bocadillo comes from, Velez, in the Santander region. I left the region of Boyacá.
Now I sit in a small mountain pueblo, where the weather has changed from cool to hot. The people dress like they are at the beach, and no one can understand me; they speak so much faster.
I have to adjust my ear and enunciate better, but sometimes, they see me as a foreigner and assume I am not speaking their language when I am.
